CategoryHousehold Notebook

Then my site crashed. I was able to recover some of the files I had online, but not everything. We got my blog back online a few months ago, but didn’t add the notebooks back at the time.

Just recently I discovered digital planners and notebooks, and WOW am I ever hooked! It all started with getting an iPad, and buying the notetaking app Goodnotes, just because it looked handy. Then, in one of the printable planner sticker groups I’m in, someone posted about her digital planner and I was intrigued. Did some research and discovered that I can make interactive planners that are digital, complete with tabs on the side and hyperlinks. How FUN!!

Expect to see the old planners back up on the site here, as well as the new files.

I’m working on making some schedule changes. Anna quit sleeping through the night for a while (we’re guessing it was teething-related – she got her first two teeth about two weeks ago) so I’d pretty much abandoned efforts to stick to any type of a routine. Now I’m thinking that wasn’t the best idea. Hopefully she’ll start sleeping all night again though – that would be a HUGE help!

Before, I tried to put one generic schedule on a page, even though some days of our week vary quite a bit. This time I’m thinking of making different pages for different days – so I’m not trying to follow a routine that doesn’t fit the events of that day.

I never thought I was much of a person to stick to a set schedule, but it seems like I was wrong. They help more than I thought. Hopefully this will help make things go more smoothly around here. It’s not awful but improvement sure wouldn’t hurt either.

First, let me just say I’m thankful for a husband who sets me up a dual monitor setting like this! That giant monitor on the left was FREE. One of Stephen’s clients at work was upgrading their monitors and let him have this one for free. I love it! It stays off most days, but is wonderful for days like today, when the extra screen makes work a lot easier.

I’ve been asked repeatedly for household notebook forms that people can type directly into, but only recently was able to purchase software to be able to do it. They’re not ready to put in the store yet, but hopefully there’ll be good feedback from the people who are testing it for me.

There’s been quite a few changes to my notebook store lately. One of those changes is I’ve added a bunch of new files.

I’ve been working on some new menu planning forms for quite a while now, and they’ve been added to the store just today. There’s one major difference though – these forms offer the ability to type directly into the .pdf. No more printing the file once, putting it back into the printer, and printing the customizations over it.

The original forms are still available the same as they have been, for those who don’t want to change how they’ve done things. But there are new typeable forms available now as well.

The main household notebook file still isn’t quite finished. I’m hoping to have it done soon, but it’s not quite ready yet. I have to admit – this project has been a little bigger than I anticipated it would be. It’s been fun, but has kept me busier than I thought.

I added some calendars to the notebook site the other day. This time they have dates and holidays instead of being completely blank. As with everything else in the store – they have the teapot and roses theme and match the rest of the notebook files.

It’s crazy how schedules can change around so often! I had gotten out of the habit of following my master schedule for a while – so when I opened it up the other day I was amazed at how much our schedule had really changed. I’ve also been wanting to redo my cleaning schedule, so while I’m at it, I’ll add those changes too.

I also get to start another binder soon. School starts soon and I don’t want all the homeschool stuff in my household notebook. Well, I’d love it in there, but my binder is so big already that I’ll just start a different notebook for homeschool-related stuff. What fun!

I’ve been working on making a price book to have available for download. I have one that is nearly finished, but I really need one or two people to test it for me. . .to make sure I haven’t forgotten items other people commonly use. . .to make sure it’s in a workable format. . .etc.

If you’d like to volunteer to test my price book, leave a comment, and I’ll pick one or two people (if there’s a huge number of people, I’ll use a random number generator to pick) to test it, and I’ll send it out to you right away.

Just as a warning though – it’s 72 pages (regular 8.5 by 11 pages – to make it easy to fit into a three-ring binder) long. . .

A few weeks ago, I hinted that I was working on a big project that was related to my household notebook files. Well, here’s what I’ve been working on. . .

Ready-made household management notebooks. I took the notebook files and had them printed up, and then bought the sturdiest three-ring binders I could possibly find. After that, I assembled the notebooks. Now they’re just sitting here, waiting to be purchased. *grin*

So, if you’ve ever wished for a ready-made household notebook that you could just buy, your wish is granted. They are currently available with a red cover or a blue cover.

* Calendar – a 12-month blank calendar for you to write in your own dates

* Miscellaneous

Each section has a divider with tabs that have been printed on both sides. In the back of the notebook are blank pages for you to create your own categories, as well as some empty page protectors for you to use if you need extra.